nominal
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.
- 2.
(not comparable)Assigned to or bearing a person's name.
- 3.
(not comparable)Existing in name only.
a nominal difference
1856 February, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Oliver Goldsmith, republished in 1865, The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, page 300, At Edinburgh he passed eighteen months in nominal attendance on lectures, and picked up some superficial information about chemistry and natural history.
Đồng nghĩa: ceremonial
- 4.
(not comparable)(philosophy) Of or relating to nominalism.
- 5.
(not comparable)Insignificantly small.
He gave me only a nominal sum for my services.
Đồng nghĩa: trifling
- 6.
(not comparable)Of or relating to the presumed or approximate value, rather than the actual value.
The nominal voltage is 1.5 V, but the actual figure is usually higher.
the nominal yield of a nuclear weapon
- 7.
(not comparable)(finance) Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value.
- 8.
(not comparable)(finance) Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation.
- 9.
(not comparable)(grammar) Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.
This sentence contains a nominal phrase.
- 10.
(not comparable)(engineering) According to plan or design.
We'll just do a nominal flight check.
Apart from the slightly high temperature, all the readings from the spacecraft are nominal.
Đồng nghĩa: normal
- 11.
(not comparable)(economics) Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation.
My employer does not understand how low my nominal wage is.
The nominal GNP of this country is pretty low.
- 12.
(not comparable)(statistics, of a variable) Having values whose order is insignificant.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(grammar) A noun or word group that functions as part of a noun phrase.
This sentence contains two nominals.
- 2.
(grammar) A part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives. (Depending on the language, it may comprise nouns, adjectives, possibly numerals, pronouns, and participles.)
- 3.
A number (usually natural) used like a name; a numeric code or identifier. (See nominal number on Wikipedia.)
Numeric codes of characters used in programming are nominals.
- 4.
(UK, jargon)(UK, police jargon) A person listed in the Police National Computer database as having been convicted, cautioned or recently arrested.
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From the Middle English nominalle (of nouns), borrowed from Latin nōminālis (of names), ultimately from oblique stem of Latin nōmen (name) --al.